12 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2008/2203(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the aims set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child remain largely unfulfilled, not least the very right to life itself, considering that its own Preamble states quite clearly: 'The child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth',
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas child labour depresses adult wages, and therefore contributes to the cycle of poverty by forcing adults to compete against the cheap labour which children provide, and whereas those who desire higher wages for adults in developing countries must therefore be totally committed to eradicating the practice of child labour,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the difference between child labour and child work is that the former consists of labour, often under severe conditions, for twelve to fourteen hours a day, where what little is earned in ‘wages’ is often returned to the employer for room and board, or as a fine for unachieved quotas, and the latter is work that a child can do on the family farm or around the home after that child's appropriate studying obligations have been fulfilled,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the commercial exploitation of children is a gross violation of their human dignity and is against the principles of social justice; whereas upon the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child the states-party endorse the recognition of the human rights of children,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas there is no objection to employing older children part-time in the family farm or business, provided that the education, health and welfare of the child is not impaired, and that the right to education is non-negotiable,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas purchasers of goods from the developing world are in a key position to detect and refuse to purchase goods which are made wholly or in part with child labour, and can thus bring direct and effective economic pressure to bear,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas child labour is morally equivalent in principle to slavery, and whereas it will require the same measure of commitment to eradicate;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to address child rights violations such as child labour, child trafficking, children affected by armed conflict and all forms of violence against children, including sexual exploitation and harmful traditional practicesbarbaric practices such as ‘female circumcision’; insists, however, that the focus should be on the root causes and prevention of child rights violations;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Demands in the strongest possible terms that anyone against whom there is evidence of recruiting or using child soldiers must be surrendered to the International Criminal Court for prosecution;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Urges all parties to cooperate fully to ensure that any company found to be using child labour is held responsible for ensuring that the children working for that company are properly integrated into the education system;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for the international community (which includes the WTO) to pioneer a ‘child kite mark’, which would indicate clearly that a product was “grown/manufactured without child labour” and which could be used specifically with countries where child labour is known to be prevalent, and where spot checks could be carried out, with appropriate measures taken in the event of fraud, where at the end of a phased enforcement programme the import of products into the EU without the ‘child kite mark’ would be totally prohibited;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Deplores the pressures which exist to undermine policies on sexual and reproductive health rights, with the resulting increase in unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions for young people,anti-child term ‘unwanted’ pregnancies, with regard to sexual and reproductive health policies, and notes that concerning unsafe abortions, whether they are legal or otherwise, they are never safe for the child; and urges the EU to maintain levels of funding for the full range of sexual and reproductive health services to meet MDG 5 on improving maternal health;